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Over the last four days, the Canada Border Services Agency seized more than 54 kg of suspected cocaine at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.

In a statement issued Friday, the CBSA said that on Nov. 9, border services officers identified a suspicious suitcase while monitoring a bag coming off a flight from the Dominican Republic.

"The suitcase was excessively heavy and when opened was found to contain 15 bricks of suspected cocaine. The total approximate weight exceeded 21 kg, with an estimated value of over $2.6 million," the agency said.

On November 11, officers discovered 15.2 kg of suspected cocaine while searching a flight originating from Jamaica. Fifteen bricks of suspected narcotics, with an estimated value of $1.9 million, was found hidden in the aircraft.

The next day, a woman arriving from Trinidad was referred for a customs secondary examination.

While inspecting her baggage, officers say they noticed her bag had an unusual bulge underneath the interior lining.

"The bottom of the suitcase was probed and a white powdery substance was discovered. Subsequent examination of the traveller's second bag also revealed suspected cocaine in a false bottom. An approximate total of 18 kg of suspected cocaine was seized with an estimated value exceeding $2.2 million," the CBSA said.